cf-pages/telegraph-image — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-06-26
Host and share images for free using Telegram as backend storage without paying for a server or cloud bucket
Replace ad-heavy image hosts like Imgur with a self-controlled URL you manage through a web dashboard
Enable content moderation through a third-party API that automatically blocks inappropriate image uploads
Keep your fork automatically up to date with upstream changes using the hourly GitHub Actions sync
| cf-pages/telegraph-image | sofish/typo.css | hakimel/css | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 4,539 | 4,541 | 4,529 |
| Language | HTML | HTML | HTML |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | easy | easy |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | designer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires a Cloudflare account plus a Telegram bot configured as admin of a private channel, credentials must be set as Cloudflare Pages environment variables.
Telegraph-Image is a free image hosting service you can deploy yourself, intended as an alternative to paid or ad-heavy platforms like Imgur or Flickr. Once set up, it gives you a personal URL where you can upload and share images without paying for storage or a server. The way it works is a bit indirect: when you upload an image, the system sends it to a Telegram channel through a Telegram bot. Telegram stores the file on its own servers, and the project then gives you a link to access it. This means your images are actually living on Telegram's infrastructure, which is free and has no storage limit, though individual files are capped at 50 megabytes per upload. The hosting side of the project runs on Cloudflare Pages, also free within standard usage limits, so the entire setup costs nothing as long as traffic stays below Cloudflare's free tier thresholds. Setting it up requires a Cloudflare account, a Telegram account, and a few steps: creating a Telegram bot through the BotFather interface, making that bot an administrator of a private Telegram channel you create, getting the channel ID, and then entering those credentials as environment variables in your Cloudflare Pages project. After forking the repository and connecting it to Cloudflare, it deploys automatically. Extra features include optional content moderation through a third-party API that automatically blocks inappropriate images, a backend management page where you can browse uploaded images, manage whitelists and blacklists, and delete images in batch. The management page supports grid and waterfall display modes. There is also an automatic update feature that syncs your fork with the upstream project hourly through GitHub Actions. Limitations are mainly the 50MB per file Telegram cap, potential slower load times through Cloudflare in certain regions, and a 100,000 requests per day ceiling on the free Cloudflare plan. The README notes the original Telegraph API it was built around has been shut down, so the Telegram bot setup is now required.
A self-hosted image sharing service that stores your uploads on Telegram's free servers and serves them through Cloudflare Pages, so you get a personal image host with no storage costs and no server to maintain.
Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, JavaScript, Cloudflare Pages.
License terms are not specified in the explanation.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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